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Junk Science Week: Toxic terrorists ignore organic food threat (Financial Post)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Gilbert Ross. A respected newspaper notes the latest toll among Europeans of a virulent strain of the bacterium E. coli, the source of which has recently been determined to be sprouts from an organic farm in Germany. In the same newspaper, a few pages distant, a credulous journalist has in essence copied and pasted another press release from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a U.S. activist organization, warning us yet again about the traces of pesticide residues on their so-called "Dirty Dozen" list of fruits and vegetables.
Source: Health Issues - June 14, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: Nutrition/Lifestyle Food Safety chemicals/Environment Activists/Hype Source Type: blogs

This week’s happenings on The AlchemistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This weel’s happenings on The Alchemist – This week, The Alchemist is looking to the sun for record-breaking power and sniffing the air to catch a whiff of blackcurrant. Testing times ahead for heavy metal in the pharmaceutical industry we learn, and logical molecules come to the for in potential biomedical and sensor applications. In child health, C&EN reports on fire retardants in baby products. And, finally, everyone's favorite gray-haired video chemist, Martyn Poliakoff, is nominated for the position of Foreign Secretary at the Royal Society. Related Posts:Alchemical happeningsNervous, Monopolar, S...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - May 28, 2011 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science alchemist chemicals chemistry happenings on poliakoff Royal-Society sciencebase the this weel Source Type: blogs

60 million chemicalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There are now 60 million chemicals in the CAS Registry, that’s a number equivalent to 3G users in China, the population of the Roman Empire in 70 BC, the age of the Rocky Mountains in years, the number of casualties in WWII, and the votes cast in American Idol. The last time I mentioned the CAS count was September 2009, when it reached 50 million entries. I remember it reaching the 10 million mark in 1990 (a year or so after I’d started working for the Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC). That seemed like a major achievement given that it had taken CAS 33 years to go from 0 to 10 million.     The 60-mill...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - May 23, 2011 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science 60 chemicals million Source Type: blogs

A fix of five fresh science storiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Free complete works of H.P. Lovecraft for Nook and Kindle (and Calibre) – You can now download the complete works of HP Lovecraft as an ebook for your Kindle (or if you haven't wasted your money on that device you can read it with the Calibre software for Windows, Mac and Linux. FYI: OMG, tinfoil hat entry updated in OED, LOL – Forget the addition of FYI, LOL and OMG 2 the OED, the new entry for tinfoil hat  n. recounts how the shiny chapeau began its life with only festive connotations. However, in 1986, just over a century after its first attestation as an innocent party favour, the tinfoil hat migr...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - March 25, 2011 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Calibre carcinogens chemaxon chemicalize chemicals discovery invention Kindle Lovecraft meat Nook OED sci-fi sciencebase selections six structures tinfoil-hat weird-fi Source Type: blogs

Beauty Product Review: Lavanila Laboratories Healthy DeodorantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What it is: The Healthy Deodorant by Lavanila Laboratories What’s in it: Aloe barbadensis leaf juice, Alpha-Glucan oligosaccharide (sugar derived), carrageenan, goji berry, valerian, corn starch, and more – the full list of ingredients varies depending on the scent. What’s not in it: Aluminum, petrochemicals, phthalates, propylene glycol, mineral oils, silicone, synthetic dyes, sulfates, or parabens. What it feels like: A little rough going on — the bar is really solid, and pressing hard to apply can be painful to sensitive or razor-burned skin — but once it’s on, you’ll be dry and happy and vanil...
Source: Healthbolt - February 17, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Shannon Donnelly Tags: FEEL beauty-products breast cancer hair care Parabens personal hygiene product review skin-care sls toxic chemicals Source Type: blogs

The Science of Romance: The Love DrugEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On the comment box of my post “The Emotional Affair,” Beyond Blue reader Michael wrote: I’m totally confused and caught up in this person. Some years go by without us speaking, but we always come back to each other. Convenience, you say, or possibly hoping for the best. I don’t now. The problem is that I’m hopelessly in love with this person and willing to give up all in every way there needs. But relationships are severely limited. You can justify anything in this world, especially the things you want most. The feeling of love is exceedingly strong and seductive, as is the feeling to be neede...
Source: World of Psychology - February 11, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Psychology Relationships Sexuality Addictive Relationships Anything In This World Astronaut Combox Crazy Things Dangerous chemicals Diapers Different Places Dopamine Drugs Addiction Dum Source Type: blogs

Osteoporosis Drugs May Help Women Live LongerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sure osteoporosis meds allegedly can reduce the risk of fractures in osteoporosis patients, but can they really add five years to your life? That’s exactly what an Australian study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism claims. The research shows that participants taking bisphosphonates (or drugs that prevent bone loss) for an average of three years had a significantly longer life span than those treating the disease with treatments such as Vitamin D and hormone therapy. According to Medical News Today, “Among younger women with osteoporotic fractures, where one might expect about 20-25% of deaths ...
Source: Healthbolt - February 4, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: FEEL aging issues bone loss dieting flexibility health care menopause toxic chemicals Vitamin-D weight loss working out Source Type: blogs

Why A Song Can Get You HighEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
According to a new study in Nature Neuroscience, there are songs that can arouse feelings of euphoria and craving by endogenous dopamine release in the striatum: If music-induced emotional states can lead to dopamine release, as our findings indicate, it may begin to explain why musical experiences are so valued. These results further speak to why music can be effectively used in rituals, marketing or film to manipulate hedonic states. Our findings provide neurochemical evidence that intense emotional responses to music involve ancient reward circuitry and serve as a starting point for more detailed investigations of the b...
Source: Better Health - January 18, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Berci Tags: Research Video Adagio For Strings Berci Brain chemicals Dopamine Dr. Bertalan Mesko Emotional Health Emotional Response Euphoria Hedonic States Music and Feelings Music and Medicine Music and Pleasure Music Therapy Music-Indu Source Type: blogs

Farm Woo And Our FoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Google is an amazing thing — it occasionally tosses you a link that lands you in an alternate universe of folks you’d never encounter in real life. Like cattle ranchers. I’ve just spent the good part of an hour wandering their world — reading about their concerns (water, wolves, the economy), seeing how cattle breeding has changed (you pick a sire at Bullsemen.com, then do genomic profiling on your stock — did you know that cows bred for docility have more tender meat ?), and learning that ranchers are not immune to marketing from the world of scientific woo. Check this out — it’s called SOP ...
Source: Better Health - January 18, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: DrPeggyPolaneczky Tags: Better Health Network Opinion Bacterial Growth Beef Production Calcium Sulphate Cattle chemicals in Food Dr. Peggy Polaneczky Farm Woo Farming Food Chain Food Safety Frequential Bio-Conditioning Gypsum Meat Production Medical Source Type: blogs

New Brain Mechanism Discovered for AnxietyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
File this in the folder of new research discoveries that could lead to new, better targeted medications for one of the world’s most common mental concerns — anxiety. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older — or nearly 1 in 5 people in this age group in a given year — have an anxiety disorder. Most people with one anxiety disorder also have another anxiety disorder. Nearly three-quarters of those with an anxiety disorder will have their first episode by age 21. Currently, the standard of care for anxiety treatment is eit...
Source: World of Psychology - December 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior Disorders General Medications Research Treatment Adults Ages Alberta University American Adults Anxiety Disorder Anxiety Treatment Benzodiazepine Brain Mechanism chemicals In The Brain Dru Source Type: blogs

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Fourth of July Fail: The smoke caused by fireworks is bad for us, especially for people who have asthma. (via Science Daily) Post from: BlissTree
Source: Healthbolt - November 17, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: FEEL asthma quicklinks toxic chemicals Source Type: blogs

Skin Scare: 6 Potentially Harmful Beauty Treatments to AvoidEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo: Thinkstock Check out this post about potentially harmful beauty treatments by Justine van der Leun on AOL Health. People head to the salon to get gorgeous — but with overdone, badly executed or unnecessary treatments, many end up with ugly results. “I see beautiful people who are in a mess because they get suckered into ruining what they have,” says Dr. Debra Jaliman, an American Academy of Dermatology spokesperson and the author of the Skin and Hair chapter in Women’s Health for Life. Here, we run down some potentially counterproductive beauty treatments out there — and tell you how...
Source: Healthbolt - November 3, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: AOL Health Tags: FEEL B vitamins beauty treatments fingernail problems hair care latisse skin-care toxic chemicals _AOLHealth Source Type: blogs

Boiling sun, alchemist, freewillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The boiling Sun – In case you woke up today feeling important…there's a rather humbling picture that shows the scale of a plume of gas erupting from the surface of the Sun that would literally engulf the whole planet. More to the point, you could fit the Earth into the sun a million times over…and the sun isn't even a particularly big star and it's just one of billions in our galaxy and there are billions of galaxies in the "known" universe. The universe itself may simply be a tiny bubble in a even more unimaginable froth of universes…still pretty picture isn't it? Alch...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - October 28, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Astronomy badastronomy chemicals chemistry chemists cognition freewill prominence sciencebase solar sun tagname Source Type: blogs

Love in the BrainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ahh, what researchers won’t study. Is nothing sacred, even the most spiritual of matters of the heart, such as love? Now research out of Syracuse University by Stephanie Ortigue (that’s her, pictured), suggests that there are measurable brain changes when a person falls in love. She gathers this idea from a review of the research literature of neuroimaging studies (studies that primarily used something called functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI) that have examined people in love. She found that all of the fMRI studies of love point to “subcortical dopaminergic reward-related brain systems (invo...
Source: World of Psychology - October 25, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Happiness Psychology Relationships Research Sexuality Adrenaline Areas Of The Brain Body Image Brain Changes Brain Functions Brain Systems Central News chemicals Dopamine Euphoria Falling In Lov Source Type: blogs

Shocking News: Carcinogens Multiply In Gulf After Oil SpillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo via AOL Health Check out this post from Catherine Donaldson-Evans on AOL Health. Carcinogens have spread rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico since the region was devastated by the BP oil spill in April, according to researchers. A report released by scientists at Oregon State University found that cancer-causing oil compounds increased by 40 times between May and June of 2010 in the waters bordering Louisiana. “It’s an incredibly huge jump in concentration in a natural environment,” Oregon State toxicology professor Kim Anderson, who led the study, told the Los Angeles Times. Among the dangerous agents d...
Source: Healthbolt - October 5, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: AOL Health Tags: FEEL BP oil spill cancer carcinogens eco-friendly-living environmental conservation gulf of mexico toxic chemicals _AOLHealth Source Type: blogs

Aspartame: Facts Vs. FictionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you believe everything you read on the Internet, then is seems that a chemical found in thousands of products is causing an epidemic of severe neurological and systemic diseases, like multiple sclerosis and lupus. The FDA, the companies that make the product, and the “medical industrial complex” all know about the dangers of this chemical, but are hiding the truth from the public in order to protect corporate profits and avoid the pesky paper work that would accompany the truth being revealed. The only glimmer of hope is a dedicated band of bloggers and anonymous email chain letter authors who aren’t afraid to spe...
Source: Better Health - September 30, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: DrSteveNovella Tags: Better Health Network Health Tips Opinion Quackery Exposed Research Anecdotal Evidence Artificial Sweetener Aspartame Caloric Intake Calorie Consumption Cancer-Causing chemicals In Food Carcinogen Carcinogenic Potential Dietetics Source Type: blogs

The Deadly War against DDT (National Review)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan. A remarkable new documentary tells the story of how political and ideological forces combined to ban a widely and safely used chemical, DDT, leading to a surge of malaria deaths in developing countries like Kenya, Indonesia, and India.
Source: Health Issues - September 14, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: chemicals/Environment Source Type: blogs

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You Go, Canada. Our neighbors to the north just moved to ban BPA. (via Inhabitat) Post from: BlissTree
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - August 27, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE BPA canada toxic chemicals Source Type: blogs

(Not So) Eco-Friendly Living: San Francisco's "Organic" Compost is Full of ChemicalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo: Thinkstock San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission gives out free composting soil to their residents, schools, and businesses, to make composting easier. Pretty cool, right? In theory, yes, but test results show that the supposedly organic soil is full of endocrine-disrupting chemicals like PBDE, flame retardants, triclosan, detergent breakdown components, and antibacterial agents, among other chemicals. Where is this tainted soil coming from, you ask? Oh, just sewage sludge. Yes — the Public Utilities Commission has been collecting soil from the sewer, and handing it out to school children. Why is anyon...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - August 18, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE chemicals compost composting flame retardants organic PBDE sewage triclosan Source Type: blogs

Men Would Rather Smell Pie Than 'Obsession'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo: Thinkstock Remember those toxic chemicals lurking in your designer perfume? We’ve got some good news. If you’re trying to appeal to a potential or current romantic interest with perfume, it’s not doing any good. We understand not wanting to smell plain (or, worse, bad), so spritzing a bit of perfume before a date makes sense. But your date would rather you smeared a little frosting on your wrists instead. Recent research shows that men are more attracted to food smells than perfume. The combination that’s most enticing to men? Pumpkin pie and lavender. Together. And women? We like Good & ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - August 12, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE baked goods dating food gender issues perfume romantic relationships toxic chemicals Source Type: blogs

How Swimming Reduces DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve always known that I climb out of any pool a lot happier than when I dove in. Yes, I know any kind of aerobic exercise relieves depression. For starters, it stimulates brain chemicals that foster the growth of nerve cells; exercise also affects neurotransmitters such as serotonin that influence mood and produces ANP, a stress-reducing hormone, which helps control the brain’s response to stress and anxiety. But swimming, for me, seems to zap a bad mood more efficiently than even running. Swimming a good 3000 meters for me can, in the midst of a depressive cycle, hush the dead thoughts for up to two hours. It...
Source: World of Psychology - August 4, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anorexia Brain and Behavior Depression General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Random Brain Bits Research Stress Anxiety And Depression Brain Cells Brain chemicals Chronic Stress Dead Thoughts Depressive Cycle Feb I Source Type: blogs

Food And Pesticides: The Dirty DozenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a non-profit focused on public health. We know that the long-term consequences of eating chemicals from pesticides used on our foods is damaging to our health. The EWG analyzed data from the FDA and found that people who eat five fruits and vegetables a day from the “Dirty Dozen” are eating 10 pesticides a day. We want people to eat more fruits and vegetables, but NOT to ingest more chemicals. Rinsing reduces but does not eliminate pesticides. So what’s the answer? Rinse completely and buy the “Dirty Dozen” foods organic whenever possible. (more&...
Source: Better Health - July 31, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: DrToniBrayer Tags: Better Health Network Health Tips Research App Consequences of Eating chemicals Consumer Safety Dietetics Eating Healthy Environmental Working Group EWG FDA Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Food Rinsing Food Safe Source Type: blogs

BPA Found In Receipts: Now We Really Hate Tracking Our SpendingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo: Thinkstock If you know us, you know we like to freak out about BPA. But our freakouts aren’t unwarranted: BPA is an endocrine disrupter that is linked to health issues in men, women, and babies. Plus, the stuff is hard to avoid: it’s in pretty much all canned foods and many plastic bottles and containers. And according to a new study, BPA was even present on 40% of receipts collected from supermarkets, ATMs, gas stations, and retail chains. In some cases, the levels of BPA found were 1,000 times greater than the BPA found in the lining of canned foods. Ugh. We throw our receipts all over the place. They ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - July 27, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE BPA canned foods eco-friendly shopping eco-friendly-living environment environmental conservation going green health risks Reusing and Recycling toxic chemicals Source Type: blogs

American Cancer Society Releases List of 19 Chemicals To Be AvoidedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The American Cancer Society has named a list of 19 chemicals and shift work as things that may very likely signficantly increase the risk of cancer. Chemicals on the list included chloroform, formaldehyde, carbon black, titanium dioxide, indium phosphide, and cobalt tungsten carbide.
Source: Inside Surgery - July 16, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Medical Trivia cancer causing chemicals carbon black chloroform cobalt tungsten carbide formaldehyde indium phosphide shift work titanium dioxide Source Type: blogs

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BP Whistleblower: Check out an interview with the former BP employee who lost his job after taking photos of the dangerous chemicals being used to break up the oil. (via Planet Green) Post from: BlissTree
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - July 13, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE BP chemicals environment environmental disaster oil oil spill Planet Green the Gulf of Mexico Source Type: blogs

Eco-Friendly Fashion: The Truth About BambooEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo: Thinkstock Even Walmart is selling bamboo clothing and textiles, which touts them as an easy, inexpensive way to buy green. Bamboo is the fastest growing wood-ish plant in the world, and most of it is grown organically without using fertilizers or irrigation. This all sounds very eco-friendly, until it comes time to actually make the bamboo into fabric. Most bamboo fabrics are basically rayon. The process most widely used to create bamboo fabric (and rayon) is called viscose, which involves taking the fiber (in this case, bamboo), and dissolving it in a strong solvent to make a thick, gummy solution. Then, that̵...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - July 13, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE bamboo bath towels carbon disulfide chemicals cotton fabrics eco-friendly eco-friendly fashion eco-friendly home eco-friendly shopping eco-friendly-living Ecouterre environment environmental conservation environmentally-fr Source Type: blogs

Discover a Natural Skin Care Product with Functional KeratinEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I thought you might be interested in a natural skin care product with anti-aging activity.  One of the most recent discoveries is that a protein complex called Functional Keratin will provide many anti-aging benefits. In some circles, it is being hailed as something of an anti-aging miracle.  Here’s what it can do. First of all, it is the same as the protein that makes up the majority of the cells in the skin’s outer layers.  Inactive or dysfunctional keratin has been included in moisturizers for many years. The benefits were minimal, because the skin’s cells could not pick it up and use it.  The harsh chemicals ...
Source: Skin MD - July 12, 2010 Category: Dermatologists Authors: the Editor Tags: Natural Skin Care Skin Care Ingredients Skin Care Products Skin Care Recipes Skin MD Blog Skin Science Anti Aging Products Causes Of Wrinkles Cells Circles Collagen And Elastin Firmness Harsh chemicals High Heat Inflammation Source Type: blogs

Breast Cancer Hasn’t Changed My Love of LipstickEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This week, NBC Nightly News reported on an expert panel in San Francisco looking into the connection between environment and breast cancer risk. Things like pesticides and chemicals in water bottles are a concern, but to date there is no concrete evidence linking the incidence of cancer to the environment. Fortunately, experts are not about to give up — they will continue to research all aspects of environmental risks and breast cancer development. The news report also included a brief discussion about the chemicals in makeup. I love wearing makeup. By age 14, my friends and I were really into makeup. My mom is one of th...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - July 9, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Breast cancer community Breast cancer lifestyle Breast cancer research Risk of cancer appearance breast cancer support chemicals in cosmetics Kathy-Ellen Kups Kathy-Ellen’s Breast Cancer Blog makeup Source Type: blogs

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Think organic farming is simple and straightforward? Think again, according to this post on today’s Grist.org: Battling the bugs – and the temptation to use chemical WMDs. Post from: BlissTree
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - July 1, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE chemicals eating healthy eco-friendly eco-friendly home eco-friendly shopping eco-friendly-living environment environmental conservation Gardening going green Green Living Grist.org growing food insects men's health me Source Type: blogs

Free Eco Laundry WashEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
method laundry: You may remember an earlier post about 'Toxins in the home''In short, every room in almost every house in the United States is likely to contain at least one of these chemicals, many of which did not exist a century ago.'Here's a chance to try out a free sample of a new laundry washing clothes wash liquid that ticks all the boxes on your environmentally friendly kinder to the planet and your health wish list.A very easy way to cut out some of the unecessary chemicals in your home that you keep close to your skin.Grab one now - see top right flash - Free ProductsNutritionists London
Source: Healthy Eating and Nutrition News - June 28, 2010 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: toxins free chemicals laundry environmentally friendly products green Source Type: blogs

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Ready, Set, Comment: This week, to celebrate our new super-easy commenting system, we’re giving away five prizes to the authors of our five favorite comments of the week. So just put your best comment faces on and have at it! Post from: BlissTree
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 25, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE Blisstree giveaway body-butter Bon Ami Bon Ami Powder Cleanser Carol's Daughter Carol's Daughter Love Butter chemicals cleaners comments contest E-Boost eco-friendly cleaners EcoSystem energy drinks environment environ Source Type: blogs

Rats! Eco-Friendly Pest ControlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We love talking about natural ways to do household chores, because this means our home is one less place where we need to use toxic chemicals. (It does not mean we like to do household chores, however.) And if we can extend that lack of toxins to our garden, well, even better. Check out this video for tips on natural pest control: Use Store Bought Sprays for Natural Pest Control via The Huffington Post Post from: BlissTree Rats! Eco-Friendly Pest Control
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 24, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE at home chemicals eco-friendly eco-friendly home eco-friendly shopping eco-friendly-living environment environmental conservation environmentally-friendly Gardening Gardening Tips gardens going green Green Living househo Source Type: blogs

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Get Carried Away Commenting: If you leave some awesome, funny, or insightful comments on Blisstree this week, you’ll have a chance to win one of five sweet prizes! We’re choosing our five favorite comments on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, so you’d better get typing. Post from: BlissTree
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 24, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE Blisstree giveaway body-butter Bon Ami Bon Ami Powder Carol's Daughter Carol's Daughter Love Butter chemicals cleaners comments contest EBOOST energy drinks environment environmental conservation environmentally-friendly Source Type: blogs

All Natural Skin Care Products with WakameEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A major ingredient in the all natural skin care products on the market is grape seed oil.  It is valuable as a moisturizer and a shaving lubricant.  It is healing and soothing when used on bags under the eyes. The antioxidants it contains can help prevent free radical damage, one of the primary causes of wrinkles.  But, grape seed oil is not the only natural ingredient that works. Recent research has focused on proactively preventing the aging of the skin.   The grounds for the focused research is obvious.   Billions of customers are interested in anti-aging solutions. Antioxidants are some of the most important in...
Source: Skin MD - June 24, 2010 Category: Dermatologists Authors: the Editor Tags: Anti Aging Dermatology Natural Skin Care Skin Care Products Skin Care Recipes Skin MD Blog Sun Damage All Natural Skin Care Products Artificial chemicals Bags Under The Eyes Best Moisturizer Causes Of Wrinkles Free Radical Damage Source Type: blogs

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Easiest Contest Ever: You could win one of five awesome prizes just by leaving a comment on any of our posts this week! We’ll choose our five favorite comments on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. Post from: BlissTree
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 23, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE Blisstree giveaway body-butter Bon Ami Bon Ami Powder Cleanser Carol's Daughter Carol's Daughter Love Butter chemicals cleansers comments contest E-Boost eco-friendly cleaners EcoSystem energy drinks environment enviro Source Type: blogs

Can an Anti Aging Diet Really Reverse Wrinkles?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Can an anti aging diet reverse wrinkles?  At least one dermatologist seems to think so.  It might work for some people.  It really depends on what they were eating before. Trying to eat right is well worth your while.  It’s not just about how you look.  It’s also about developing the so-called age-related diseases.  The latest research indicates that many of those diseases are preventable if people eat right and have a healthy lifestyle. Advice about eating right has changed over the years and continues to do so.  There are the high protein diets, the high carb diets, the low fat diets and others.  The proponen...
Source: Skin MD - June 23, 2010 Category: Dermatologists Authors: the Editor Tags: Anti Wrinkle Antioxidants Natural Skin Care Skin Care Routine Skin MD Blog Skin Problems Skin Science Skin Treatments Anti Aging Diet Blood Sugar Levels Cancer Causing chemicals Dermatologist Detrimental Effect Excessive Alcohol Source Type: blogs

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Something smell funny to you? Check out 10 Things You Should Know About Fragrance from GOOD. We may opt for our own natural brand of sweat cologne from now on. (via GOOD) Post from: BlissTree
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 22, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE chemicals disease prevention eco-friendly fragrance GOOD natural products organic perfume physical health toxins Source Type: blogs

Eco-Friendly Living: Natural Swimming Pools We WantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Every summer, we spend hours dreaming of the massive, crystal-clear swimming pool we’d lounge at for hours a day, if only we could get that winning Lotto ticket. But this summer, our daydreams have taken a more eco-friendly route. Instead of lusting after chemical-filled traditional swimming pools, we’re drooling over natural swimming pools. Natural swimming pools require no chemicals, and they’re self-cleaning. Different installation companies use different methods to ensure cleanliness, like aquatic vegetation, UV filters, or waterfalls. The pools even ward off mosquitoes, because the water is constantl...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 22, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE aquatic vegetation backyard pool chemicals chlorine eco-friendly eco-friendly home eco-friendly shopping eco-friendly-living environment environmental conservation environmentally-friendly exercise fitness going green Gr Source Type: blogs

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We’re not sure if you’ve noticed (nudge, nudge), but we recently revamped our comments section. You don’t have to register and get a password or anything like that anymore – you can just comment. To celebrate, we’re giving away five prizes to the five best comments of this week. Yes, you read that right – five readers will win just by leaving a comment. We must be crazy! We are, but in a good way. We hate to point out the obvious, but the more awesome the comment, the better chance you have of winning. Leave your best comment below by 6 p.m. EST this Sunday, June 27, 2010, and you could win: 25...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 21, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: LIVE Blisstree giveaway body-butter Bon Ami Bon Ami Powder Cleanser Carol's Daughter Carol's Daughter Love Butter chemicals cleaners comments contest E-Boost eco-friendly cleaners EcoSystem energy drinks environment environ Source Type: blogs

Artificial Sweeteners vs. Sugar: More Risk Than Reward?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo: Thinkstock If you check out the candy aisle in any grocery store, chances are you’ll see a growing number of sugar-free sweets. While this may seem like the perfect solution to reconcile a sweet tooth with good nutrition, eating foods that are artificially sweetened may be worse for you than the real thing. First of all, removing sugar from something doesn’t remove any of its other unhealthy substances like fat or refined carbohydrates. And the process of artificially sweetening may actually introduce chemicals into a food, which could lead to upset stomach and diarrhea. Plus, artificial sweeteners also ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 14, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE artificial sweeteners candy Candy & Chocolate chemicals Diet digestive problems eating healthy food cravings food safety fruits and vegetables healthy eating Los Angeles Times nutrition refined carbohydrates sugar suga Source Type: blogs

Cancer Panel Sets Sights on FoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Carlene Helble-Elite Nutrition Intern The President’s cancer panel for the first time in its history is releasing a report that advises Americans to be more vigorous with chemical regulation and supports the organic food movement. Since its establishment in 1971,this panel of experts has suggested that cancer risk be reduced through self-exams, screenings like mammograms, and doctor’s visits. A great source of information on cancer risk can be found on the American Cancer Society website. But the newly released report cites weak laws, enforcement, and the ‘presumption that chemicals are safe unless strong evidence em...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - June 13, 2010 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: carlenehelble Tags: food industry food safety health policy BPA cancer panel chemicals organic Source Type: blogs

DIY Beauty: Make Your Own Green PerfumeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
photo: Thinkstock If you’ve  been keeping up with Blisstree, you know that we’re not fans of the “fragrance” ingredient found in many perfumes and soaps. If you haven’t been keeping up with us, please leave now. Just kidding – we’ll bring you up to speed. When you see “fragrance” on the back of your perfume bottle, you are spraying chemicals on yourself that are linked to hormone disruptions and allergic reactions. Are conscientious consumers destined to an odorless existence? A recent New York Times article, “Making Flowers Into Perfume,” shared the secret of ...
Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 - June 10, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Caroline Sloan Tags: LIVE allergies beauty beauty-products chemicals DIY eco-friendly eco-friendly home eco-friendly-living flowers fragrances Green Living hormones make your own perfume natural beauty products New-York-Times organic organic Source Type: blogs

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